Year-long ban on imports needed to save rubber farmers, says planters' body

摘要

Association of Planters Kerala (APK) has demanded that the Centre implement a strict ban on import of natural rubber for a period of at least one year. Only this can save the rubber farmers from some of the most difficult times that they are currently faced, with rubber prices plumbing new lows by the day. Assured price sought The farmers must get an assured price of Rs. 150 per kg of rubber, a spokesman for the APK said here.